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RI'S IMPORTS IN NOV 2009 DOWN 6 PCT

Jakarta, Jan 4 (ANTARA) - Indonesia`s imports in November 2009 fell 6.39 percent to US$8.86 billion from a month earlier, bringing to US$86.58 billion the total imports in the first eleven months of last year.

"In the January-November 2009 period the total imports reached US$86.58 billion, down 28.75 percent from the same period in 2008," Chief of the Central Statistics Board (BPS) Rusman Heriawan said on Monday.

Non-oil/non-gas imports in November 2009 dropped 6.4 percent from the month before. In the January-November 2009 period non-oil/non-gas imports stood at US$69.69 billion, he said.

"China was the biggest supplier of our imported goods, with Japan and Singapore trailing behind," he said.

He said the import of raw/auxiliary materials dropped 33.71 percent, consumer goods 23.28 percent and capital goods 6.84 percent in November 2009 compared to a month earlier.

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